In The Guardian today Joshua Rozenburg discusses ATLEU's precedent setting case of Janah v Libya and Benkharbouche v Embassy of the Republic of Sudan.
Read the article: Never mind human rights law, EU law is much more powerful
Many thanks to 11KBW for inviting us to participate in their Public Law Pub Quiz, for leading us to victory and for the generous donation to ATLEU. We look forward to defending our title next year.
On 9 April 2013 the Ministry of Justice issued a consultation paper entitled 'Transforming Legal Aid'. The paper announced a further round of cuts to legal aid, just a week after the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) came into force on 1 April 2013, which significantly reduced the scope of legal aid.
ATLEU responded to the MoJ's consultation, which closed on 4 June 2013. Read ATLEU's response to the consultation here.
ATLEU's Emmy Gibbs will be contributing to a panel discussion on 'The Impact of Tying Domestic Workers to Employers - One Year On'. The discussion will take place on 7th May 2013 from 5.30 – 7.30pm in the Grand Committee Room, House of Commons and will be hosted by Fiona MacTaggart MP.
ATLEU's Jamila Duncan-Bosu gave the Haldane Society Lecture on 14 March 2013. She spoke about assisting claimants to obtain compensation for domestic servitude in the employment tribunal.
"It was the perfect combination of creative lawyering, discussion of legal issues, practical solidarity and political campaigning. Which is exactly what we want, as Haldane, to provide for our members." Liz Davies, Chair Haldane Society.
ATLEU's Jamila Duncan-Bosu contributed to a panel discussion on 17th March 2013 held to celebrate the 4th anniversary of the union Justice for Domestic Workers (J4DW) and International Women's Day. Jamila spoke about how to enforce your employment rights in the aftermath of the legal aid cuts and the changes to the migrant domestic worker visa.
ATLEU on VDAY 14 February 2013
The event was part of the One Billion Rising Campaign which aims to end violence against women. The 'Putting the Heart back into Art' event brought together activists, community organisers, political thinkers, commentators, campaigners and professionals. Emily-Anna Gibbs attended on behalf of ATLEU to raise public awareness of the assistance that ATLEU provides to victims of trafficking to help them obtain safety, recovery and redress.
Photo: Emily-Anna Gibbs from ATLEU with Karan Singh from Kalayaan on VDAY 2013.
Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit
